Many buyers want to have a second home on Hilton Head Island but not at high  prices.  The Spa on Port Royal Sound has two-bedroom villas from $79,900 and with beautiful grounds and excellent recreational amenities.  These include  walking paths beside lagoons, two outdoor swimming pools, one indoor heated pool, spa, sauna, three tennis courts and the Port Royal Sound beach that was re-nourished in 2006.  The Town’s bike path system includes Beach City Road where the Spa is located and it connects the Spa to all other Island locations.  Many restaurants and shopping areas, the hospital, library and airport are all within a ten minute drive.

While economical, the Spa has never done well in the Hilton Head Island vacation rental marketplace because it has a somewhat remote location and is not on the ocean.  The Sound beach is beautiful and great for walking, sunning, breezes - but not for swimming.  Spa owners mostly purchase to use their villas as second homes without rental to others.  Some owners rent to vacationers on their own and some owners rent to tenants. 

The Spa has 268 one and two bedroom villas; All flats located on the first, second and third floors.  There are no elevators at the Spa, therefore owners often prefer the lower floors.  Buyers like the two-bedroom villas located anywhere within the  Spa and the Sound-front one-bedroom villas for their outstanding views of the beach and  Port Royal Sound.  The two bedroom villas are about 917 SF in area.  They have full kitchens and piggy-back clothes washers and dryers.  The monthly regime fee is $467 and this includes insurance for hurricane/fire/flood, water and sewer, basic cable TV, buildings and grounds maintenance, trash pick-up, pest control and 24-hour manned security gate.  The annual property tax is approximately $820.  The Spa is well managed by the Board of Directors and a full-time Regime Manager.   

Go Gated Realty ® just listed #2201, the lowest price two-bedroom villa in the first phase closest to the Sound for just $116,900, furnished.  The owners of this villa have just repainted the interior and installed new tile floors in the kitchen and the bathrooms.  This villa is on the second floor and has a balcony with a view of the grounds.  The balcony can be enclosed to become a screened porch.  This villa is ready to go and a buyer can move right into this villa at closing.

Please come and see the Spa on Port Royal Sound for yourself and take advantage of some low pricing today.  To learn more about any vacation, investment or residential villas or homes on Hilton Head Island or nearby, contact the Gated Communities Specialist ®.

Richard Kadesch, Owner and Broker-in-Charge The Gated Community Specialist ® Go Gated Realty ® Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Rich@rkrealty.com www.GoGated.com 1-800-333-5025 Read Some of My Clients’ Success Stories

The Dolphin Head Golf Club in Hilton Head Plantation is celebrating its Silver Anniversary by offering 25 memberships at $25 each!  You do not have to be a Hilton Head Plantation property owner to have a membership.  Individuals, families, residents and non-residents of Hilton Head Island may purchase these Silver Anniversary non-equity memberships and enjoy the Club’s private golf and entire guest and social privileges.  This is a significant savings on the usual cost of membership (also available) of $3,000 application fee plus $2,500 for an equity certificate.  

The Dolphin Head course was designed by Gary Player and Ron Kirby.  The course opened in 1975 and was the first in Hilton Head Plantation.  The members purchased the club in 1983, built the clubhouse in 1986 and expanded it in 1998.  In recent years the course has received renovations to over 50 sand bunkers and to four putting greens under the supervision of golf architect Clyde Johnson. The clubhouse has a pro shop, men’s and women’s locker rooms, dining room and  the Manager’s office.  The dining room is open for lunch daily for dinner five evenings per month.  Social events are held throughout the year.

The course has six tees ranging from 2,180 to 3,307 yards with ratings and slopes of red 71.7/122, white 70.5/125 and blue 71.6/134.   The course covers some beautiful real estate near Port Royal Sound where majestic trees and area birds are abundant.   The mounds that surround the slightly elevated greens are a Dolphin Head ’trademark’.  There are water hazards on thirteen holes and the course has some of the longest par three holes in the area.

There is a full golf program of competitive and social events as well as golf instruction for men, women and juniors.  These include both a nine and eighteen hole women’s leagues and weekly men’s day.  There is   a variety of stoke, team and match play competitions, a flighted club championship, married couples championship and an annual two-day member-guest tournament. 

Dolphin Head Golf Club has 310 total memberships.  A $25 membership fee for private golf is a great way to celebrate a Silver Anniversary.  For more details, contact Kirsty Kumm, Dolphin Head Golf Club Manager at 843-681-5550, X222. 

Richard Kadesch, Owner and Broker-in-Charge The Gated Community Specialist ® Go Gated Realty ® Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Rich@rkrealty.com www.GoGated.com 1-800-333-5025 Read Some of My Clients’ Success Stories

This is this a good time to buy real estate and a good time to join the Hampton Hall Golf Club.  For a limited time, the Golf Club is offering golf membership enrollment incentives that include:

1)  A $25,000 equity fee.  This is a $5,000 savings. 

2)  $5,000 due on enrollment with nothing more owed for two years (24 months).

3)  Special 0% equity fee finance on the $20,000 balance with $5,000 payments due in 24 months, 36, 48 and 60 months.

4)  No dues for two years.  Dues are $346/month so this is a $4,153 savings.

These incentives and special finance are available for memberships activated within 60 days of your real estate closing.    You must own property in Hampton Hall or Hampton Lake to be a Member of the Hampton Hall Golf Club.   

Hampton Hall is a gated, private golf club community in Bluffton, South Carolina just 8 miles from the bridge to Hilton Head Island.   The community has 1,000 acres and opened in 2005.   A total of 801 Social Members will enjoy top recreational amenities with a country club ambiance.  Amenities include the new 22,000 square foot lakeside community clubhouse that opened in the fall of 2007.  The clubhouse has a dining room, spacious function rooms, a lounge, a billiards room and meeting rooms.  Steve Johnson, General Manager of the Hampton Hall Club said, "The Community Clubhouse is  the perfect complement to Hampton Hall’s exclusive lifestyle.  It’s going to be a wonderful gathering place for community activities and special events."  Other amenities include the indoor swimming lap pool, the fitness center and the outdoor swimming pool and tennis club.   These club amenities are enjoyed by all Social Members of the Hampton Hall Club and cost $2,518/year.  This is a mandatory fee that includes the community POA fee.  Membership in the Hampton Hall Golf Club is optional.   There are 151 equity members as of February 19, 2008.  There willl be no more than 438 equity golf members, according to Hampton Hall Club Membership Director Marley Knowles.    

The Pete Dye signature championship golf course is beautifully maintained and has five sets of tees for play from 5,329 to 7,489 yards.  The golf clubhouse has a full service pro-shop, PGA staff, luxurious men’s and women’s locker rooms and lunch is served daily in the cheerful grille room that overlooks the 9th and 18th greens.  Members enjoy year-round member events and activities, unlimited practice range privileges, Ladies and Men’s golf societies, junior golf programs, complimentary handicap services and playing privileges at several selected golf clubs in Virginia, Florida, North Carolina and California.  

A good variety of luxury homes and building lots are for sale in Hampton Hall as of February 23, 2008:  Three-bedroom Carriage Homes are priced from $316,000; Two-bedroom Golf Cottages are priced from $340,000; Three-bedroom Carolina Homes are priced from $430,000; Full-size custom homes are priced from $590,000 and building sites are priced from $115,000. 

To discuss Hilton Head or Bluffton real estate and if this community is for you, please call Richard Kadesch, the Gated Community Specialist ® today! 

Richard Kadesch, Owner and Broker-in-Charge The Gated Community Specialist ® Go Gated Realty ® Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Rich@rkrealty.com www.GoGated.com 1-800-333-5025 Read Some of My Clients’ Success Stories

Most buyers will find what they want in a home and lifestyle in one of Hilton Head’s and Bluffton’s outstanding planned and gated communities.   Gated communities are the standard of quality for residential living in the Hilton Head area. 

Developers have created a wide variety of gated communities and with more every year, finding the best community can be a challenge.  The variety and cost of communities offer a great selection and will appeal to different  residents.  Homes and villas within gated communities range from economical to expensive.  Recreational amenities vary in type and quality.  One community may be more interesting to a retirement buyer while another is more interesting to a vacation-rental buyer and so on.  Finding the right community is as important as finding the right house and maybe more important.   Your house, lifestyle and community go together and the community you want is one of the ’locations’ we hear so much about in real estate.     

In addition to the search all MLS listings feature at gogated.com, there are also gated community profiles, interactive maps, community videos and a summary of gated community recreational amenities for you to use. 

As always, a good Buyer’s Agent can help you find the right home and the best community best for you.

Richard Kadesch, Owner and Broker-in-Charge The Gated Community Specialist ® Go Gated Realty ® Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Rich@rkrealty.com www.GoGated.com 1-800-333-5025 Read Some of My Clients’ Success Stories